Evolving for the Next Billion by GGV Capital

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Evolving for the Next Billion interviews local champions and global giants who are reshaping the lives of the next billion internet users. Hosted by Managing Partner Hans Tung

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Evolving for the Next Billion by GGV Capital episodes:

06.07.2023
Desmond Lim of Workstream: How I Broke into Silicon Valley as an Immigrant
Today on the show, we have Desmond Lim. Desmond is the CEO and co-founder of Workstream, a tech space hiring platform that helps business to hire faster, cutting half the time to engage, hire and onboard hourly workers. Workstream is...
05.10.2023
Fireside with Tony Fadell: Follow Your Passion, not the Trends
Today's episode is a recording of a virtual fireside chat with Tony Fadell-iPod inventor, iPhone co-inventor, Nest founder, and now New York Times best-selling author of "Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making". It is hosted by GGV's...
04.25.2023
Live in NYC: How FinTech Leaders Build Moats in a Fragmented Market
Today's episode is a live recording of a panel discussion at GGV's 7th annual Evolving Economy conference in NYC last year. It is moderated by Hans, featuring four exceptional operators in the FinTech space: Bradley Riss, Chief Commercial Officer...
04.05.2023
Dani Grant of Jam: Finding Product-Market Fit Fast without Breaking Things
In this crossover episode between Evolving for the Next Billion and Founder Real Talk, co-hosted by Glenn Solomon, we chat with Dani Grant, the co-founder and CEO of Jam.dev. Jam is a developer tool that streamlines communication between product engineering...
03.22.2023
Emilie Choi of Coinbase: Why Crypto Winter is the Best Time to Build
It's not the first time we are in what the media called a "crypto winter". In the last crypto winter of 2018, Emilie, the guest of today's show, made the unconventional choice to join Coinbase from her senior role at...
03.08.2023
Carolyn Childers of Chief: Building a Private Network for Powerful Women
To commemorate International Women's Day this year, we are thrilled to introduce a special series featuring some of the inspiring female founders in GGV's portfolio. Kicking off the series is Carolyn Childers, co-founder and CEO of Chief, a network designed...
03.07.2022
(Bonus）Jenny Lee of GGV: Investing in BUD, Game Tech and NFT
Today we have a bonus episode in which GGV’s managing partner Jenny Lee shared why she invested in BUD, existing companies in her game tech portfolio, and her take on NFT. For the full transcript of the show, go to nextbn.ggvc.com...
03.03.2022
Episode 100: Hans on Web3, Investing at an unprecedented pace, ESG and Proudest Moments
In this episode, we asked Hans about his 2021, in which he shared his view on Web3, investing at an unprecedented pace, ESG, and the global capital market in 2021. Stay tuned till the end for some proudest moments shared...
02.13.2022
Risa and Shawn of BUD: A Metaverse Created by and for Gen Z
Today on the show, we have the cofounders of BUD - Risa and Shawn. BUD is a global virtual platform for Gen Z and Gen Alpha to create and share 3D interactive experiences. It is also one of the world's...
01.19.2022
Episode 100: Hans on Web3, Investing at an unprecedented pace, ESG and Proudest Moments
In this episode, we asked Hans about his 2021, in which he shared his view on Web3, investing at an unprecedented pace, ESG, and the global capital market in 2021. Stay tuned till the end for some proudest moments shared...
01.05.2022
Jixun Foo of GGV: 2021 is a year of dramatic changes
Happy New Year, everyone! For the 1st episode of 2022, we brought you the yearly reflection from our global managing partner Jixun Foo, in which he shared how he experienced 2021, the new norm for global venture capitalists, and some...
12.15.2021
Live from BayBrazil: Hans on What Excites Him about LatAm
Today’s episode is a live recording from the recent BayBrazil LatAm Summit, where Hans did a fireside chat moderated by its founder and CEO Margarise Correa. BayBrazil is a Silicon Valley-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to bringing together the Brazilian-American ecosystem...
12.02.2021
Jixun Foo of GGV: Why We Led Grab’s Series B (rerun)
Hi, everyone. Today’s show is a rerun as our portfolio company Grab is officially listed on Nasdaq today. We thought it would be cool to bring back the interview we recorded with GGV’s managing partner Jixun Foo back in 2019....
11.18.2021
1 MILLION downloads! You are invited to be on the 100th Episode!
Hi, listeners! Our podcast Evolving for the Next Billion has passed the 1 million downloads milestone, thanks to your continuing support from all over the world! And we’re approaching the 100th episode for the show. To celebrate this humble but exciting achievement...
11.03.2021
Ralf Wenzel of JOKR: Return of Lifetime is much more important than Return of Investment
Today on the show, we have Ralf Wenzel, founder and CEO of JOKR. JOKR is a global platform for instant grocery and retail delivery at a hyperlocal scale. It delivers all sorts of product within 15 minutes of purchase, including...
10.20.2021
Dane Atkinson of Odeko: My Lifelong Mission in Empowering Small Businesses with Tech
Today on the show, we have Dane Atkinson, CEO, and Founder of Odeko. Odeko is a hidden platform supporting thousands of Coffee shops with the technology once only held by the public giants. It uses AI and automation to provide a...
10.06.2021
Stefan Kalb of Shelf Engine: Combating Food Waste with Data Science
Today on the show we have Stephen Kalb. Stefan Kalb is the CEO and co-founder of Shelf Engine. Kalb co-founded Shelf Engine in 2016 to address the global food waste pandemic he experienced first-hand with grocers. Prior to Shelf Engine,...
09.22.2021
Timo and Andre of Next Gen Foods: Blitzscaling Plant-based Chicken from Inception to Global Brand in 2 years
Today on the show we have Timo Recker and Andre Menezes, co-founders of Next Gen Foods, a Singapore-based food tech company that's harnessing the power of plant proteins to create the most delicious and satisfying food imaginable. Next Gen Foods...
09.08.2021
Fabian Gomez of Frubana: the Everything Store for Restaurants in LatAm
Today on the show we have Fabián Gómez Gutiérrez, CEO and Founder of Frubana. Frubana is a one-stop operating platform for restaurants – with B2B ecommerce and fintech offerings. It aims to make food in Latin America more accessible and...
06.09.2021
Le Hong Minh of VNG: Rising above Global Giants as Vietnam’s Homegrown Startup
Today on the show, we have le Hong Minh, founder and CEO of VNG. VNG is one of the largest internet companies in Vietnam, founded in 2004, VNG began as a gaming company. Today, its digital services span across several...
05.26.2021
Irving Fain of Bowery: How I Became a Modern Farmer
Today on the show we have Irving Fain. Irving is the founder & CEO of Bowery Farming, the largest vertical farming company in the US. Based in New York City, Bowery’s smart farms are powered by their proprietary operating system the BoweryOS. Their produce...
04.21.2021
Grab’s Super App Playbook
Today’s episode is a rerun of our conversation with Grab’ President Ming almost 2 years ago. If you have been following the news, you probably know that Grab recently announced its plan to go public in the US via SPAC....
04.07.2021
Binny Bansal: Inside the Success of Flipkart
Today on the show we have Binny Bansal. Binny cofounded Flipkart in 2007 and played a pivotal role in scaling it to a market leading e-commerce space which still has so many fundamental customer and supply problems along the way....
03.24.2021
Sonny & Christy of Arevo: from MIT Labs to Print Farms in Vietnam
Today we have our first ever husband and wife duos on the show, Sonny Vu and Christy Trang Le from Arevo. Arevo develops technology to enable direct digital additive manufacturing parts for end-use applications in high volume. It makes advances in...
03.10.2021
Allon Bloch of K Health: Reimagining Primary Care with AI
Today on the show, we have Allon Bloch, CEO and co-founder of K Health. K Health is America's number one most downloaded medical app with over 4 million users. It uses AI and advanced technology to provide better and more...
02.24.2021
Max Levchin of Affirm: Why I Built Affirm after PayPal
Today's episode was recorded back in 2019, way before Affirm became a 27 billion dollar public company, and the BNPL (that is buy now pay later) won over young consumers across the world. Before Affirm, Max was known as...
02.10.2021
Jim Miller of Wayfair: Turning Profitable during COVID-19 | Evolving Ecommerce Ep.3
Today on the show, we have Jim Miller, CTO of Wayfair. Wayfair is one of the world's largest e-commerce companies that sells furniture and home-goods. Wayfair is not onlyWayfair.com. It also owns Joss & Main, AllModern, Perigold, and Birch Lane....
02.04.2021
Bonus:Jenny Lee of GGV on Raising $2.52 billion over 250 Zoom Calls
The conversation was recorded at the end of 2020. We sit down with GGV Capital managing partner Jenny to get her take on memorable moments, new habits developed during lockdown and her hope for 2021. For the full transcript of...
01.27.2021
Josh Silverman of Etsy: Every job I've had was a job nobody else wanted | Evolving Ecommerce Ep.2
Today on the show, we have Josh Silverman, CEO of Etsy since 2017. Etsy is an innovative online marketplace that connects millions of passionate creative sellers and buyers around the world. With the mission "keep commerce human", the global destination...
01.13.2021
Becoming Shopify | Evolving eCommerce ep.1
Today on the show, we have Harley Finkelstein, the President of Shopify. Shopify is a leading global e-commerce company, providing trusted tools to start, grow, market and manage a retail business of any size. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Shopify powers...
12.30.2020
Hans Tung of GGV: The Unbelievable 2020
For our last episode in this special year, we bring you Hans's perspective on 2020. To our listeners across the world, thank you for being with us. We look forward to bringing you more insights and inspirations next year! See...
12.23.2020
Jixun Foo of GGV: A Year of Turning Points
2020 will be one for the history books. In this 3-part series, we sit down with GGV Capital's managing partners to get their take on memorable moments of 2020, new habits developed during lockdown and their hopes for 2021. First...
12.09.2020
Son Tran of Tiki: a Decade of Entrepreneurship in Vietnam
Today on the show, we have Son Tran, founder, and CEO of Tiki. Tiki (short for "Tìm kiếm & Tiết kiệm", which means "Search & Save") is a top all-in-one commerce platform in Vietnam, including an e-commerce marketplace, TikiNOW Smart...
11.25.2020
Jenny Lee of GGV: Why EdTech is not a Winners Take All Sector
For the last episode of our EdTech series, we have GGV managing partner Jenny Lee. Jenny has been investing in the space for almost a decade now. So we thought a conversation with her would be the best way to...
11.11.2020
Creating New Categories in a Crowded Market | EdTech Series 3 ft. Huohua Siwei (Spark Education)
Today on the show we have Mark Luo. Mark Luo is the founder and CEO of Huohua Siwei (Spark Education). It is a learning app that develops logical thinking, concentration, and other cognitive skills for children aged between 3-12. It...
10.28.2020
Radically Improving Science Education | EdTech Series 2 ft. Labster
Making learning fun is hard, especially in this day and age where you have to compete with social media and games for students' attention. What's even harder is to do so and get a better learning outcome. The hardest is...
10.14.2020
Making Freemium Work | EdTech Series 1 ft. China's Top Learning App Zuoyebang
For the first episode of our EdTech series, you will be hearing from the founder of Zuoyebang Hou Jianbin, whose personal belief about education significantly shaped the way he built this company. Born and raised in a small town in...
09.30.2020
Special Series on EdTech | Teaser
2020 is a defining year for many of us. This is a year when 85% of the countries in the world mandated school closure, leaving 1.5 billion students out of school. A year when valuation of EdTech companies are at...
09.16.2020
Peter De Caluwe of Thunes: Building a Cross-Border Payments Network for Emerging Markets
Today on the show, we have Peter De Caluwe, the Executive Chairman and CEO of Thunes. Thunes is a B2B cross-border payments network for emerging markets. It provides transfer of funds between payment systems, including mobile wallet providers, money transfer...
09.02.2020
Siddharth Shah of PharmEasy on Disrupting the Healthcare Business in India
Interviewed by Hans Tung and Madhu Yalamarthi. On today's episode, we have Siddharth Shah, co-founder and CEO of PharmEasy, India's largest digital health platform. Start with a vision to make health care accessible and affordable to all farmers who...
08.19.2020
Hendra Kwik of Payfazz: Empowering the Unbanked in Indonesia
This episode is co-hosted by GGV Colleague Dimitra Taslim. It was recorded a while back, so we also caught up with Hendra for an covid update in the second part of the podcast. Today on the show we have...
08.05.2020
Live in Jakarta: Founders Q&A with Hans Tung
Today's episode is a recording of a founders' dinner we hosted in Jakarta last year. In a short Q&A; part of the night, Hans answered a wide range of questions, including absolutes, trade-offs, the power of the mass market, patterns...
07.22.2020
Agung of Warung Pintar: How Covid-19 made mom-and-pop shops in Indonesia more open to technology
If you have followed our show close enough, you probably know that we have a thesis around backing startups that help small retailers to do better. Better supply chains, operation efficiency, payment infrastructures, bookkeeping, etc. This was reflected through the episodes we...
07.15.2020
Bonus Episode: Hans Tung on Emerging Trends, FoodTech and Advice for his Younger Self
Today's episode originally aired on our previous guest Garry Tan's YouTube Channel. Garry turned the table and interviewed Hans on being a global investor in this day and age, what great founders have in common, and 1 thing he wants...
07.08.2020
George and Gaery of Tiket.com: Why We Remain Optimistic for the Travel Industry
This episode is co-hosted by GGV Colleague Dimitra Taslim. It was recorded a while back, so we also caught up with George and Gaery for an covid update in the second part of the podcast. In this episode, we...
06.24.2020
Garry Tan of Initialized: Saying No to Peter Thiel, Engineer turned Investors, and Betting Against Big Tech
Today on the show we have Garry Tan, the managing partner of Initialized Capital, a venture firm based in San Francisco he started with the Reddit Co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Garry is a designer/engineer turned early-stage investor. He was a partner at...
06.10.2020
Achmad Zaky of Bukalapak: Why Now is the Best Time to do Startups
On this episode, we have Achmad Zaky, the founder and former CEO of Bukalapak, one of Indonesia's largest eCommerce site and the newest unicorn in Indonesia. The name Bukalapak means "open a market stall" in Indonesian. It reflects the company's...
05.29.2020
Jenny Lee of GGV: Why We Invested in Agora, post-Covid Tech Trends, and Advice for Technical Founders
As a bonus episode, we also caught up with Jenny, who led GGV's investment in Agora. We covered how she first met Tony, the future GGV was betting on and advice for technical founders. For the full transcript of the...
05.28.2020
Tony Zhao of Agora: Building a PaaS Company that Connects Everyone in Real Time
For this episode, we have Tony Zhao, founder, and CEO of Agora.io. Agora is the only real-time engagement platform designed to cross borders and reach users on low-bandwidth networks and lower-powered devices. It currently serves over 40 billion minutes of voice...
05.20.2020
Cecilia Sun of Miss Fresh: The Economics of Online Grocery in China
This episode is the recording of a private webinar we recently organized for GGV portfolio companies working to improve the supply chain of food in different markets. Online grocery is one of the most throat-cutting sectors in China. A...

What's Evolving for the Next Billion by GGV Capital about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Evolving for the Next Billion by GGV Capital episodes:

Desmond Lim of Workstream: How I Broke into Silicon Valley as an Immigrant

Fireside with Tony Fadell: Follow Your Passion, not the Trends

Live in NYC: How FinTech Leaders Build Moats in a Fragmented Market

Dani Grant of Jam: Finding Product-Market Fit Fast without Breaking Things

Emilie Choi of Coinbase: Why Crypto Winter is the Best Time to Build

Carolyn Childers of Chief: Building a Private Network for Powerful Women

(Bonus）Jenny Lee of GGV: Investing in BUD, Game Tech and NFT

Episode 100: Hans on Web3, Investing at an unprecedented pace, ESG and Proudest Moments

Risa and Shawn of BUD: A Metaverse Created by and for Gen Z

Episode 100: Hans on Web3, Investing at an unprecedented pace, ESG and Proudest Moments

Jixun Foo of GGV: 2021 is a year of dramatic changes

Live from BayBrazil: Hans on What Excites Him about LatAm

Jixun Foo of GGV: Why We Led Grab’s Series B (rerun)

1 MILLION downloads! You are invited to be on the 100th Episode!

Ralf Wenzel of JOKR: Return of Lifetime is much more important than Return of Investment

Dane Atkinson of Odeko: My Lifelong Mission in Empowering Small Businesses with Tech

Stefan Kalb of Shelf Engine: Combating Food Waste with Data Science

Timo and Andre of Next Gen Foods: Blitzscaling Plant-based Chicken from Inception to Global Brand in 2 years

Fabian Gomez of Frubana: the Everything Store for Restaurants in LatAm

Le Hong Minh of VNG: Rising above Global Giants as Vietnam’s Homegrown Startup

Irving Fain of Bowery: How I Became a Modern Farmer

Grab’s Super App Playbook

Binny Bansal: Inside the Success of Flipkart

Sonny & Christy of Arevo: from MIT Labs to Print Farms in Vietnam

Allon Bloch of K Health: Reimagining Primary Care with AI

Max Levchin of Affirm: Why I Built Affirm after PayPal

Jim Miller of Wayfair: Turning Profitable during COVID-19 | Evolving Ecommerce Ep.3

Bonus:Jenny Lee of GGV on Raising $2.52 billion over 250 Zoom Calls

Josh Silverman of Etsy: Every job I've had was a job nobody else wanted | Evolving Ecommerce Ep.2

Becoming Shopify | Evolving eCommerce ep.1

Hans Tung of GGV: The Unbelievable 2020

Jixun Foo of GGV: A Year of Turning Points

Son Tran of Tiki: a Decade of Entrepreneurship in Vietnam

Jenny Lee of GGV: Why EdTech is not a Winners Take All Sector

Creating New Categories in a Crowded Market | EdTech Series 3 ft. Huohua Siwei (Spark Education)

Radically Improving Science Education | EdTech Series 2 ft. Labster

Making Freemium Work | EdTech Series 1 ft. China's Top Learning App Zuoyebang

Special Series on EdTech | Teaser

Peter De Caluwe of Thunes: Building a Cross-Border Payments Network for Emerging Markets

Siddharth Shah of PharmEasy on Disrupting the Healthcare Business in India

Hendra Kwik of Payfazz: Empowering the Unbanked in Indonesia

Live in Jakarta: Founders Q&A with Hans Tung

Agung of Warung Pintar: How Covid-19 made mom-and-pop shops in Indonesia more open to technology

Bonus Episode: Hans Tung on Emerging Trends, FoodTech and Advice for his Younger Self

George and Gaery of Tiket.com: Why We Remain Optimistic for the Travel Industry

Garry Tan of Initialized: Saying No to Peter Thiel, Engineer turned Investors, and Betting Against Big Tech

Achmad Zaky of Bukalapak: Why Now is the Best Time to do Startups

Jenny Lee of GGV: Why We Invested in Agora, post-Covid Tech Trends, and Advice for Technical Founders

Tony Zhao of Agora: Building a PaaS Company that Connects Everyone in Real Time

Cecilia Sun of Miss Fresh: The Economics of Online Grocery in China